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I’ve just recently purchased DBPowerAmp and installed it last night onto my notebook. I’ve also installed the Apple Lossless/ALAC Codec. I am very new to all of this so please keep that in mind.
1. True or false: ALAC is 100% lossless just like FLAC and both formats also playback music with equal quality (assuming both formats ripped with DBPowerAmp)?
2. Where can I find the correct offsets for my drive: Matshita BD-MLT UJ-220S pre-installed in my Sony Vaio AR790U/B Notebook.
3. I’ve been following this guide: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper-setup-guide.htm learning as I went along, trying to setup DBPowerAmp to start ripping my CD’s. The guide was written for FLAC and what appears to be older versions of DBPowerAmp because some of the tests mentioned in the guide, seem to be included right within the program now. So my question is should I go ahead and follow as many of the settings as I can, even though I’m ripping to ALAC?
4. I did the test for C2 Pointers but it came back saying that the disc I used had no errors or that my drive isn’t supported. I don’t have a music disc that I want to destroy (not until I do an ALAC rip), so should I just create a music disc, damage it and try it for C2 Pointers?
5. When I inserted my first CD in DBPowerAmp, I don’t recall seeing the AccurateRip message pop up even though AccurateRip was selected as per the guide above. However after test ripping a CD, I see AccurateRip info next to each of the songs, along with the number of people reporting it in the database. Am I good to go with it or should I have seen a message pop up like the guide shows?
6. Are there any other steps, perhaps not listed in the linked guide above, that I should consider? I REALLY don’t want to ever see these CD’s again, once I rip them this one last time. I’d really like to have the peace of mind that once I properly rip them in DBPowerAmp, to ALAC, that those files can be converted at any future date, to any format, just as if they were coming right from the CD again.
7. One last question that I can think of; is there any site that sells music in FLAC or ALAC formats? Otherwise I guess over the next year or 2, I’m going to start buying up new and used CD’s of all the song’s I’ve purchased from iTunes and Amazon……….
Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Also Happy Holidays everyone!
Ash
Just more info but not needed to answer my above questions:
I have about 500 CD’s from around 1990 till 2005 that I’d like to rip once (or rather one last time) as in never need to touch the CD’s again (future-proof ripping?). I HATE discs and I welcome a future of no more music or movie discs of any kind.
I currently use an iPod Classic 160GB for all my music and audio books. I am however, strongly considering moving away from iTunes/iPods, once the new HTC HD2 (Windows Mobile 6.5) hits the U.S. early next year. That would give me endless storage via MicroSD Cards that are at 32GB with 64GB and 128GB to come. In other words, I’d like to always be able to play my music from a single device (if not also a 2nd home system hard drive). And I’d like to get away from the poor quality of MP3’s (moving on up). After reading many sites, I decide to go with ALAC because unlike FLAC I can go ahead and play them in iTunes and my iPod, if I don’t end up switching it all to Windows Mobile. From what I understand, ALAC is 100% lossless just like FLAC; please correct me if I’m mistaken.
I’ve just recently purchased DBPowerAmp and installed it last night onto my notebook. I’ve also installed the Apple Lossless/ALAC Codec. I am very new to all of this so please keep that in mind.
1. True or false: ALAC is 100% lossless just like FLAC and both formats also playback music with equal quality (assuming both formats ripped with DBPowerAmp)?
2. Where can I find the correct offsets for my drive: Matshita BD-MLT UJ-220S pre-installed in my Sony Vaio AR790U/B Notebook.
3. I’ve been following this guide: http://www.dbpoweramp.com/cd-ripper-setup-guide.htm learning as I went along, trying to setup DBPowerAmp to start ripping my CD’s. The guide was written for FLAC and what appears to be older versions of DBPowerAmp because some of the tests mentioned in the guide, seem to be included right within the program now. So my question is should I go ahead and follow as many of the settings as I can, even though I’m ripping to ALAC?
4. I did the test for C2 Pointers but it came back saying that the disc I used had no errors or that my drive isn’t supported. I don’t have a music disc that I want to destroy (not until I do an ALAC rip), so should I just create a music disc, damage it and try it for C2 Pointers?
5. When I inserted my first CD in DBPowerAmp, I don’t recall seeing the AccurateRip message pop up even though AccurateRip was selected as per the guide above. However after test ripping a CD, I see AccurateRip info next to each of the songs, along with the number of people reporting it in the database. Am I good to go with it or should I have seen a message pop up like the guide shows?
6. Are there any other steps, perhaps not listed in the linked guide above, that I should consider? I REALLY don’t want to ever see these CD’s again, once I rip them this one last time. I’d really like to have the peace of mind that once I properly rip them in DBPowerAmp, to ALAC, that those files can be converted at any future date, to any format, just as if they were coming right from the CD again.
7. One last question that I can think of; is there any site that sells music in FLAC or ALAC formats? Otherwise I guess over the next year or 2, I’m going to start buying up new and used CD’s of all the song’s I’ve purchased from iTunes and Amazon……….
Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Also Happy Holidays everyone!
Ash
Just more info but not needed to answer my above questions:
I have about 500 CD’s from around 1990 till 2005 that I’d like to rip once (or rather one last time) as in never need to touch the CD’s again (future-proof ripping?). I HATE discs and I welcome a future of no more music or movie discs of any kind.
I currently use an iPod Classic 160GB for all my music and audio books. I am however, strongly considering moving away from iTunes/iPods, once the new HTC HD2 (Windows Mobile 6.5) hits the U.S. early next year. That would give me endless storage via MicroSD Cards that are at 32GB with 64GB and 128GB to come. In other words, I’d like to always be able to play my music from a single device (if not also a 2nd home system hard drive). And I’d like to get away from the poor quality of MP3’s (moving on up). After reading many sites, I decide to go with ALAC because unlike FLAC I can go ahead and play them in iTunes and my iPod, if I don’t end up switching it all to Windows Mobile. From what I understand, ALAC is 100% lossless just like FLAC; please correct me if I’m mistaken.
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